The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
A black comedy revolving around the humiliating lengths that people will resort to in order to get by in an unstable financial world from applying for welfare to the compromise of personal ideals to all out robbery. The film follows four characters - two leftover punks from the 80s, a typical gray-suited businessman and a vegetarian idealist - in their desperate struggle to hold onto their respective stations in life. These deftly interwoven stories form a cautionary tale of how people deal with the search for quick cash. In desperate times, even good people turn to bad money.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Blake BrookerWriter
- Schaun TozerOriginal Music Composer
- John HazlettWriter
- Michael GregoryWriter
- John HazlettDirector
Cast
- Graham GreeneGeorge Baines
- Stephen SpenderMurray
- Karen SillasJan Wells
- Alisen Richmond-PeckSylvia Baines
- Patrick RenggerNoel
- Tamsin KelseyEileen Baines
- Josh WilliamsCarl
- Andy CurtisJohnson
- Rainer KahlSecurity Guard
- Valerie PlancheBank Clerk
- John HeywoodOld Man at Welfare
- Walt HealyWW II Veteran